Plans to dissolve the marriage. Oscar pistorius will not be getting out of prison at least not yet. The track stars release has been put on hold today because the south Africa Justice Department Says a parole board must give its approval first. Due to be released on friday after serving 10 months of a fiveyear sentence of manslaughter for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. It could be a stormy evening in some parts of our region. First alert chief meteorologist topper shutt is here, hes got the latest on our yellow weather alert. Top. Here west of town, kind of rocking and rolling right now especially west of i95, north of fredsburg up fredericksburg up towards warrenton. No lightning or heavy rain or wind. Good rain south of warrenton right now and down from 17. Everything pushing off essentially to the north, so this storm is actually headed toward middleburg on our stormtracker about 6 48 and i think it will hold together and maybe toward howardsville at about 7 03 as it moves
Contain humanitarian aid. Ferg we have breaking news from iraq. Nouri almaliki withdrew his candidacy for another term as Prime Minister. Announcing it during an address to the nation, and threw his support behind Prime Minister designate haider alabadi. He had been under pressure to resign after the countrys new president appointed a body to form a new body. He was first elected Prime Minister in 2006. Joining us on the phone is richard murphy, the former u. S. Assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs. Good to talk to you, sir. What is your reaction to the news that Nouri Almaliki is, in fact, going to step doing . Well, its, on one hand expected, but welcome news. He had become the symbol of a leadership which didnt seem to know how to be inclusive. To reach out to the other communities, the minorities in iraq, beyond the sort of inner core of his party, in the shiite leadership. This has given a head start to organizations such as the Islamic State to exploit the leader
Police made just six arrests compared to 47 the night before. Sign that even though tensions remain high, calm is returning to the community, at least for now. Overnight, supporters of officer Darren Wilson took to the streets, but as you can see from this video, cops were quick to whisk them away. Were also hearing from a new witness. Hes debunking the theory that brown bumrushed the officer who shot him. About time i gets outside, hes already turned around, facing the officer. Hes balled, he have his arms under his stomach and he was halfway down like he was going down and the officer lets out about three or four shots at him. And on the same day attorney general eric holder visited ferguson, promising a fair and independent investigation, browns mother viewed her sons body at a local morgue for the first time. Lets get the latest from ferguson from cnns chris cuomo. Good morning, chris. Reporter good morning, carol. She had to wait 12 days, no matter what you think about the situati
That was a very important moment here as people observed her reaction coming out and what her message would be to them. They are still waiting for it, but the big headline is although it was another long night, again punctuated by this Lightning Storm that was just huge and seemed to sit over the area and may very well be a reason why the protests were less dramatic. Only six arrests overnight. The streets were lined. Voices were angry, but just hours ago ron johnson, the man in charge of policing the protests, did come out and say tonight is a very good night. Overnight this ferguson the first real hint of calm. Since Michael Brown was shot and killed 12 days ago. You can often tell how the night is going by the radio traffic, and tonight the radios were mostly quiet. One brief confrontation when supporters of officer Darryl Wilson and Michael Brown collide. A very different scene from the night before, this video showing a very angry Police Officer pointing his gun at the crowd. My h
Cocktails and gunfire from a small number of instigators and tear gas and flash grenades deployed by police in mass. Heres how Commanding Officer captain ron johnson described the moment things went back. At 9 40 p. M. , more than 200 people walked toward Police Officers at the corner of west florissant and fuerguson avenue. They were loud and not aggressive. Police did not react. In fact, several other protesters encouraged the crowd to turn around, indicating their message had been heard. Thats when bottles were thrown from the middle and the back of a large crowd. By the time it was all over in the early hours of this morning, two people had been shot. Police say not by them, and 78 had been arrested. We watched a few get arrested in wee hours of the morning just a few feet from here. Today, another black mans death at the hands of Police Brought a neighborhood just about three miles away from here where mike brown was killed to the absolute brink. The circumstances were very differ